LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - A familiar face in past years on the court during UNLV men's basketball games, Chet Buchanan is returning to Rebel Athletics, the department announced Tuesday.
Buchanan will serve as UNLV men's basketball's on-court emcee during games this season and will also make a guest appearance at UNLV football's home opener vs. UTEP September 8.
"One suggestion we heard during our listening tour, through fan surveys and from the new Rebel Fan Council on improving in-game atmosphere, engagement and entertainment, was bringing back Chet," UNLV Director of Athletics
Desiree Reed-Francois said. "We look forward to having him on our team as we continue to enhance our gameday experience."
Buchanan, a well-known Las Vegas radio and event personality, emceed the Rebel Athletic Fund's Drive For 5 Fall Kick-Off Event at Aria this evening.
"I'm beyond excited to get to live a dream twice and once again join the incredible teams at UNLV Athletics," Buchanan said. "We are already hard at work to make Rebel fans' gameday experience the best we possibly can, and to help make Sam Boyd Stadium and the Thomas & Mack Center really difficult places for opposing teams to play. I can't wait to help create more amazing moments and MAKE...SOME...NOISE! See you soon, Rebel fans!"
Buchanan is the host and creator of 98.5 KLUC's The Chet Buchanan Show. Since its inception in 1999, it has consistently been one of the highest rated and most beloved radio shows in Las Vegas. In addition to anchoring the morning show, for which he was named "Best of Las Vegas" by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Buchanan keeps a packed schedule hosting multiple corporate, civic and charity events.
Buchanan is also the brains behind the annual KLUC Chet Buchanan Toy Drive, where he lives and broadcasts live on top of 30-foot scaffolding in the heart of Las Vegas for 12 straight days in December to help provide toys for thousands of local children in Las Vegas. It has grown to become recognized as "The World's Largest Single Location Toy Drive."
